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Spring Hill College Science Students to Attend Prestigious DOE Event

Tue, 10/23/2007 (All day)

MOBILE, Ala. – Ten Spring Hill College chemistry and biology
students have been invited to participate in the U.S. Department of
Energy’s Day of Science on Monday, Oct. 29. The event is hosted by the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and will be held at the Knoxville
Convention Center in Tennessee. More than 1,000 of the nation’s best
and brightest students and faculty members from the sciences and other
disciplines are expected to attend.

The event will showcase internship and career information, research
opportunities, hands-on scientific demonstrations, and technical
assistance programs form across DOE’s program offices, national
laboratories and other facilities.

Spring Hill College is the first Catholic college in the Southeast,
the third oldest Jesuit college and the fifth oldest Catholic college
in the United States. The College is ranked 11th among the best
Southern colleges and universities in U.S. News & World Report's
“America's Best Colleges.”

The campus is home to approximately 1,300 students and rests on 400
acres in one of Mobile’s most noted neighborhoods. It is naturally
landscaped and features huge oaks, azalea-lined walkways and an 18-hole
golf course. Several campus buildings are listed in the National
Register of Historic Places. ##